It needs a few batsmen at the top to play the grafting long innings for the sake of their Team IMO, rather than the slap bang,wallop from Ball 1 .

I agree, and with the likes of Styris and Fulton I hope we have the sorts of players who can play an innings like that. I'm not entirely sure SL do, although Sangakkara is pure class and can play any sort of innings really.

Jayo will love the bounce, in particular if Gillespie plays. He's pretty good against Bond too on good batting surfaces, so if it doesn't swing for him then he'll be ok. I'm fearing a type of innings he played against us like the one in the Champions trophy - square cutting Bond for six!

If we (NZ) can get him early then that's the key - then we can go to the final and drop whoever they select as the 3rd seamer/pie-thrower and play Patel.

Only a bunch of convicts having been beaten 3-0 and gone 9 tests without a win and won just 1 in 11 against England could go into the home series saying they will win. England will win in Australia again this winter as they are a better side which they have shown this summer. 3-0 doesn't lie girls.

Am very, very ****ed off at Channel Nine. I could understand them not showing every game of the Super Eights (after all, not many Australians will want to watch Bangladesh-Ireland). Now, however, they're only showing the Australia-SA semi-final. I mean come on. If Australia don't make the final, will they still show it!?

Am very, very ****ed off at Channel Nine. I could understand them not showing every game of the Super Eights (after all, not many Australians will want to watch Bangladesh-Ireland). Now, however, they're only showing the Australia-SA semi-final. I mean come on. If Australia don't make the final, will they still show it!?

I'm really glad I have Foxtel - and I'm sure all of cricketweb is too, or you'd see the most repetitive, annoying and boring rants from me every single time a game was being played. It's quite a disgrace really.

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'Stats' is not a synonym for 'Career Test Averages'

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Tucker

People go into politics to change the world. That's a bad idea. The only good reason to go into politics is to sweep government away so that the world can change itself.

Originally Posted by GIMH

Freddie is the greatest cricketer ever so the fact these comparisons are being made means three things:

They have the rights for the whole World Cup IIRC. Then again, I could be wrong; they may have just bought the rights for Australian games, but still, you'd think that given it's the World Cup, they'd broadcast at least both semi-finals.

I feel really bad for all you guys back in Australia, i think the SL v/s NZ would be a cracker of a game and i just can't understand how can Channel 9 be not showing a semi-final of a WC, i mean its crazy!!

I feel really bad for all you guys back in Australia, i think the SL v/s NZ would be a cracker of a game and i just can't understand how can Channel 9 be not showing a semi-final of a WC, i mean its crazy!!

I do have sympathy for Aussies stuck with Channel Nine, but that's the problem with teeestial TV. It's ratings driven. That's why in the UK when C4 had Test cricket it had to start earlier so they could show the truly appaling "Hollyoaks" at 6.30 pm without risk of iit being postponed by the overunning cricket.

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